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Recent Examples of outwardly
Sure, Gyeong-nam is outwardly stoic and hard to read, but his tsundere trajectory and the office romance setting of his romance with Mi-rae are their own polished tropes.
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Kayti Burt, Time, 6 Mar. 2026
But that’s not any of Peeke’s concern, at least not outwardly.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
The Housewives were outwardly angry with Angel for not providing suitable arrangements for their trip.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 1 Mar. 2026
They are accomplished, driven, and outwardly functional.
—Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
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Kayti Burt, Time, 6 Mar. 2026
But that’s not any of Peeke’s concern, at least not outwardly.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
The Housewives were outwardly angry with Angel for not providing suitable arrangements for their trip.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 1 Mar. 2026
They are accomplished, driven, and outwardly functional.
—Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outwardly
Adverb
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So pressure against Hezbollah was growing internally and externally, and the government did things that were not well enough appreciated.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Ben Taleblu warned that the regime may also escalate tensions externally as a survival strategy.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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Still, Buckley was visibly moved to hear her name read as her streak culminated at the 98th Oscars ceremony, held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood and hosted by comedian Conan O’Brien, who returned as emcee for the second year in a row.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
16 Mar. 2026
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At one point, Jordan is visibly chuffed as those around him start shouting his name.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Fashion Month took us all over the globe, where weather patterns were seemingly different in every city.—
Kristina Rutkowski,
Vogue,
17 Mar. 2026
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The Fighting Irish had slipped into seemingly perpetual mediocrity and unfulfilled expectations.—
Andrew Carter,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The San Diego Sheriff’s Office Saturday released the name of a 34-year-old man who died last week after apparently attempting to kill himself inside his cell at San Diego Central Jail.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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But apparently that memo got lost in New York traffic, or something.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Such a designation, evidently, would save agents from wasting time chasing phantoms.—
Adam Ciralsky,
Vanity Fair,
19 Mar. 2026
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Tanker trucks were hijacked and found later, empty, their liquid-gold cargo evidently disgorged into some gas station’s underground tanks.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
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Those changes, enacted ostensibly to limit access to federal money only to legal residents and to prevent fraud in the federal health system, could boost health care needs in a broader way.—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
15 Mar. 2026
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Alien life, ostensibly, would have originated somewhere else and thus not share this common ancestor.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
15 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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When controvery hit, USC hid behind a supposedly objective formula created by a professor.—
Matt Klink,
Oc Register,
17 Mar. 2026
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McCarthy then read another note, supposedly written by Elle Fanning but revealed to be Skarsgård again.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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From the perspective of a world of increasingly unimaginable maldistribution of resources, cascading ecological collapse, a genocide cheered on by a putatively liberal order, both are barbarisms.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Outwardly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outwardly. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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